Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer

GE Vernova, Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance Provided

Job summary

GE Vernova, Inc. invites a Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer to define requirements and enhance features for a world-class HVDC control & protection system.

You will collaborate with engineers across global sites to meet project timelines and deliver robust hardware and firmware for future commercial HVDC projects. The role demands strong FPGA design, real‑time hardware expertise, and hands‑on debugging, with experience in Verilog/VHDL, model-based design, and related design tools.

Qualifications

• Degree or Higher in Electrical / Electronic engineering or equivalent experience with 8+ years experience.
• Minimum 5+ years experience of FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.
• Strong all-round knowledge and understanding of electronic components & principles.
• Exceptional hardware / FPGA debugging skills.
• Experience with Altera, Microsemi, Xilinx FPGA devices and design tools (Quartus II, Libero SoC).
• Dynamic and proactive with ability to work on own or as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to resolve technical issues.
• Experience of designing hardware for real time control applications.
• High-speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills.

Responsibilities

• Analysing system requirements and defining functions to be implemented in Hardware.
• Strong Knowledge and experience of Model Based Design (MAT LAB Simulink, HDL coder, Xilinx System Generator).
• FPGA Firmware development.
• Analogue and digital Hardware design.
• Maintain legacy products including updates and improvements to extend product life span.
• Contribution to creating and maintaining manufacturing data packs.
• Writing functional specifications for design.
• Writing test specifications (Routine test, Type test, Test Harness).
• Participating in and contributing to design reviews.
• Ensuring designs are documented to Company standards.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL

Verilog

Model Based Design

MATLAB Simulink

Xilinx System Generator

HDL Coder

Quartus II

Libero SoC

PCB layout

Hardware debugging

Real-time control

Python

Perl

Git

Education

Electrical / Electronic Engineering degree

Tools

Quartus II

Libero SoC

Xilinx tools

Altera

Microsemi

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer will be working to define requirements, enhance product features for an electronic design for world-class Control & Protection system in VSC and LCC systems, VBE, working together with engineers based in global locations. The role is accountable for business-critical design, development to meet product requirements and timelines for future commercial HVDC projects.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Analysing system requirements and defining functions to be implemented in Hardware.
• Strong Knowledge and experience of Model Based Design (MAT LAB Simulink, HDL coder, Xilinx System Generator)
• FPGA Firmware development.
• Analogue and digital Hardware design.
• Maintain legacy products including updates and improvements to extend product life span.
• Contribution to creating and maintaining manufacturing data packs.
• Writing functional specifications for design.
• Writing test specifications (Routine test, Type test, Test Harness).
• Participating in and contributing to design reviews.
• Ensuring designs are documented to Company standards.

Required Qualifications

• Degree or Higher in Electrical / Electronic engineering or equivalent experience with 8+ years experience
• Minimum 5+ years' experience of FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.
• Strong all-round knowledge and understanding of electronic components & principles.
• Exceptional hardware / FPGA debugging skills.
• Experience with Altera, Microsemi, Xilinx FPGA devices and design tools (Quartus II, Libero SoC).
• Dynamic and proactive with ability to work on own or as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to resolve technical issues.
• Experience of designing hardware for real time control applications.
• High-speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Motivated great teammate, self-starter, results oriented.
• Agile development practices e.g., Scrum
• Scripting experience using Perl, Python
• Experience of version control, e.g., SVN, GIT
• Bug tracking tools, e.g., JIRA
• Power Electronics control system design.
• Knowledge of HVDC

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes